United States - How Losing Government Grants Would Have Affected
Nonprofit Finances in 2023
In the United States, nonprofits received a total of $240.7B in
government grants. Nonprofits in California, New York, and Ohio received
the most government funding. Nonprofits in Louisiana, Mississippi, and
Oklahoma would have the biggest gap to fill if they lost their
government grants. Nonprofits in Alaska, Louisiana, and District of
Columbia have the highest share of nonprofits at risk of not covering
their expenses if they lost their government grants.
State
| State |
Share of 990 filers with government grants at risk |
Number of 990 filers with government grants |
Total government grants ($) |
Size of operating surplus with government grants |
Size of operating surplus without government grants |
| United States |
78.65% |
81,354 |
$240,737,818,717 |
2.83% |
-26.80% |
| Alabama |
80.84% |
1,075 |
$2,403,606,332 |
4.61% |
-36.71% |
| Alaska |
85.71% |
462 |
$1,829,114,382 |
1.79% |
-36.91% |
| Arizona |
79.03% |
1,092 |
$3,796,241,941 |
3.18% |
-26.34% |
| Arkansas |
81.76% |
729 |
$1,088,694,312 |
1.22% |
-33.57% |
| California |
80.38% |
7,532 |
$39,065,517,903 |
2.51% |
-33.20% |
| Colorado |
77.40% |
2,111 |
$2,881,320,716 |
3.52% |
-21.40% |
| Connecticut |
79.67% |
1,269 |
$3,660,286,648 |
1.87% |
-25.14% |
| Delaware |
82.99% |
488 |
$1,156,719,746 |
6.77% |
-37.72% |
| District of Columbia |
84.21% |
1,140 |
$12,373,878,904 |
0.41% |
-35.63% |
| Florida |
81.63% |
3,305 |
$12,882,197,999 |
2.14% |
-30.99% |
| Georgia |
81.10% |
1,524 |
$4,742,927,447 |
2.39% |
-31.52% |
| Hawaii |
79.28% |
502 |
$771,073,622 |
5.24% |
-23.90% |
| Idaho |
76.92% |
416 |
$644,779,017 |
4.34% |
-30.36% |
| Illinois |
78.29% |
2,639 |
$7,357,346,988 |
3.03% |
-27.72% |
| Indiana |
73.43% |
1,660 |
$2,732,295,709 |
5.68% |
-22.79% |
| Iowa |
70.77% |
1,098 |
$998,301,170 |
3.08% |
-12.44% |
| Kansas |
80.25% |
795 |
$903,343,390 |
2.24% |
-24.98% |
| Kentucky |
75.49% |
824 |
$1,438,941,498 |
5.11% |
-23.39% |
| Louisiana |
84.62% |
943 |
$2,155,185,622 |
2.40% |
-42.34% |
| Maine |
72.75% |
723 |
$970,165,329 |
2.77% |
-17.71% |
| Maryland |
79.02% |
1,873 |
$4,732,807,482 |
2.80% |
-27.27% |
| Massachusetts |
73.89% |
2,233 |
$12,027,635,646 |
4.06% |
-15.56% |
| Michigan |
76.12% |
2,119 |
$4,697,979,203 |
2.88% |
-24.77% |
| Minnesota |
77.27% |
2,226 |
$3,869,473,394 |
1.95% |
-23.18% |
| Mississippi |
80.36% |
504 |
$808,847,103 |
2.66% |
-39.81% |
| Missouri |
76.09% |
1,535 |
$2,790,821,028 |
4.10% |
-24.78% |
| Montana |
75.15% |
515 |
$523,894,496 |
3.36% |
-21.76% |
| Nebraska |
73.32% |
626 |
$823,150,402 |
3.86% |
-20.37% |
| Nevada |
81.23% |
389 |
$1,317,594,827 |
4.03% |
-37.52% |
| New Hampshire |
73.95% |
522 |
$714,231,710 |
2.93% |
-17.02% |
| New Jersey |
81.23% |
1,939 |
$5,060,003,975 |
2.67% |
-29.65% |
| New Mexico |
79.76% |
593 |
$870,702,071 |
3.61% |
-29.95% |
| New York |
79.79% |
6,723 |
$23,963,193,991 |
1.32% |
-23.19% |
| North Carolina |
78.82% |
2,644 |
$6,426,540,832 |
4.43% |
-32.90% |
| North Dakota |
64.71% |
357 |
$277,585,866 |
5.69% |
-10.94% |
| Ohio |
81.18% |
3,246 |
$18,114,734,073 |
2.17% |
-30.33% |
| Oklahoma |
82.11% |
738 |
$1,150,619,881 |
3.57% |
-37.94% |
| Oregon |
79.95% |
1,481 |
$3,139,845,085 |
3.14% |
-31.00% |
| Pennsylvania |
76.70% |
4,752 |
$8,115,869,517 |
2.97% |
-22.09% |
| Rhode Island |
77.48% |
413 |
$625,056,092 |
1.72% |
-23.73% |
| South Carolina |
81.13% |
1,097 |
$1,557,828,747 |
3.41% |
-29.22% |
| South Dakota |
70.90% |
378 |
$568,476,754 |
5.16% |
-16.62% |
| Tennessee |
77.76% |
1,731 |
$3,337,052,539 |
3.96% |
-29.39% |
| Texas |
79.40% |
3,538 |
$13,292,375,464 |
2.48% |
-29.22% |
| Utah |
80.66% |
610 |
$1,445,408,010 |
5.07% |
-33.43% |
| Vermont |
73.69% |
612 |
$560,661,557 |
4.08% |
-19.79% |
| Virginia |
77.48% |
2,043 |
$4,826,006,126 |
2.59% |
-23.87% |
| Washington |
79.45% |
2,243 |
$5,611,495,042 |
2.47% |
-27.16% |
| West Virginia |
80.40% |
750 |
$998,063,158 |
4.39% |
-33.50% |
| Wisconsin |
74.74% |
1,702 |
$2,816,880,913 |
3.09% |
-20.57% |
| Wyoming |
79.02% |
286 |
$263,169,613 |
3.64% |
-34.67% |
| Other/unmapped jurisdictions |
78.49% |
609 |
$1,557,875,445 |
6.04% |
-27.76% |
Size
| Size |
Share of 990 filers with government grants at risk |
Number of 990 filers with government grants |
Total government grants ($) |
Size of operating surplus with government grants |
Size of operating surplus without government grants |
|
| Less than $100K |
60.92% |
3,846 |
$448,518,452 |
27.00% |
-11.16% |
|
| $100K to $499K |
78.65% |
23,396 |
$3,234,159,011 |
4.65% |
-30.56% |
|
| $500K to $999K |
82.19% |
13,029 |
$4,257,326,617 |
2.16% |
-31.03% |
|
| $1M to $4.9M |
81.02% |
23,106 |
$22,956,730,735 |
2.24% |
-29.88% |
|
| $5M to $9.9M |
81.78% |
6,421 |
$18,792,564,147 |
1.83% |
-28.76% |
|
| $10M or more |
74.10% |
11,556 |
$191,048,519,755 |
1.83% |
-12.83% |
|
| Total |
78.65% |
81,354 |
$240,737,818,717 |
2.83% |
-26.80% |
|
Subsector
| Subsector |
Share of 990 filers with government grants at risk |
Number of 990 filers with government grants |
Total government grants ($) |
Size of operating surplus with government grants |
Size of operating surplus without government grants |
|
| Arts, culture, and humanities |
73.16% |
8,500 |
$5,617,305,978 |
2.24% |
-15.56% |
|
| Education |
80.38% |
8,646 |
$31,154,444,623 |
3.27% |
-29.00% |
|
| Environment and animals |
68.99% |
3,531 |
$6,155,712,353 |
6.11% |
-17.50% |
|
| Health |
80.27% |
7,061 |
$24,077,048,277 |
2.98% |
-26.34% |
|
| Hospitals |
57.93% |
832 |
$6,450,048,628 |
2.08% |
-1.95% |
|
| Human services |
80.63% |
26,736 |
$56,469,665,810 |
2.84% |
-34.80% |
|
| International, foreign affairs |
80.90% |
670 |
$10,101,349,763 |
0.94% |
-31.16% |
|
| Public, societal benefit |
80.34% |
6,877 |
$29,984,488,230 |
3.37% |
-35.42% |
|
| Religion-related |
77.14% |
1,155 |
$1,317,776,683 |
3.42% |
-20.50% |
|
| Mutual/membership benefit |
78.33% |
60 |
$28,609,983 |
5.93% |
-31.17% |
|
| Universities |
62.81% |
734 |
$14,402,794,463 |
1.10% |
-3.23% |
|
| Unclassified |
79.80% |
16,552 |
$54,978,573,926 |
2.30% |
-27.24% |
|
| Total |
78.65% |
81,354 |
$240,737,818,717 |
2.83% |
-26.80% |
|
Notes: Includes 81,354 nonprofits that
electronically filed an IRS Form 990 and reported receiving government
grants in tax year 2023. Government grants are from governments at the
local, state, federal, and territory levels, as well as foreign
governments. A positive operating surplus indicates a nonprofit can
cover all of its expenses and has funds available to reinvest in its
mission. A negative surplus indicates the nonprofit could not do so in
that tax year. Operating surplus reported as the median.
Source: National Center for Charitable Statistics
2023 501(c)(3) Charities E-file Data.